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Author How much to fit FK suspension kit?
James
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12th Dec 03 at 13:35   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
how much woould i be lookin to pay to get someone to fit my suspension kit? cheers, james
AK
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ask a garage
Tim
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A shop? Prolly 2 hours labour @ £50/hr?
Kerry
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i paid £50 then extra for 4 wheel alignment and that was for coilovers so id say anything around that mark maybe ??
westsidecorsa
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mine was 70 quid full kit
Gambit
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quote:
Originally posted by Tim
A shop? Prolly 2 hours labour @ £50/hr?


£50 phr!!!

for stuff like suspension just take it to the cheapest garage u can find, there is nothing specialised about fitting suspension unit's

then as Kerry says get it aligned
carl moffatt
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quote:
Originally posted by Gambit
quote:
Originally posted by Tim
A shop? Prolly 2 hours labour @ £50/hr?


£50 phr!!!

for stuff like suspension just take it to the cheapest garage u can find, there is nothing specialised about fitting suspension unit's

then as Kerry says get it aligned


Taking your pride and job to some backstreet garage can only result in headaches.

I took my car to a local garage to have my fk coliovers fitted (funily enough). After about a months useage the front top mount fell through, bending the inner rod and ruining my brand new coilies Reason being that when taken to dubsport i found out the guy who had fitted them didnt use any nut-lock(or simular) paste to keep and generally nothing was tight.

Thatsmy 2 cents worth
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that guy was just a monkey then
Richie
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indeed he was why the fuck he didnt use thread lock ill never know
carl moffatt
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quote:
Originally posted by Adam Kindness
that guy was just a monkey then


god damn right he was!

Saying that thought i suppose it doesnt matter how much you pay really, that was just MY experiance of having a cheap garage doing work..
Kerry
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wot is this thread lock ure on about and how do i check for it
Joff
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Nut lock is just a glue that sets the threads tight to stop them rattling free.

It's about £3 from Halfords
Kerry
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think il check them at weekend
Richie
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Nut would need to come off first chick......
Kerry
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think il ring the garage an ask him then
Richie
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12th Dec 03 at 16:19   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
then he'll accuse you of telling him how to do his job

Any decent garage would have used thread lock.
Kerry
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yeh but i just wanted to check he had i dont like the sound of the consequence of not usin it
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nut doesnt need to come off, you see a small blue/white/red plastic ring within the top of the nut.

surely you's have heard of a nyloc nut

[Edited on 12-12-2003 by Gambit]
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nyloc nuts
Richie
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aye but he may have used existing bolts and just put some locktight thread lock o nthere which is fine also....
Richie
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old thread....
Corsa E-Tec
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make sure you get about 4 quotes from differengt garages. i went to 3 and the price range was from £70 all fitted to £130 , so i paid £20 for an eleccy wrench and did it myself

[Edited on 21-04-2004 by Corsa E-Tec]
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quote:
Originally posted by James
how much woould i be lookin to pay to get someone to fit my suspension kit? cheers, james


http://www.corsasport.co.uk/board/viewthread.php?tid=139100
Foz
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its danger money, if one of those springs flys of.

 
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